distributive _one an other_
--derivation of, from Sax.
_Amphibrach_, defined
_Amphimac, amphimacer_, or _Cretic_, defined.
_An_, conjunc., obsolete for _if_ ("_Nay_, AN _thou 'lt mouthe_," &c.,
SHAK.,)
--derivation of, from Sax.
_An, a_, art., one and the same
--preferable form before a particular sound
--_A_ or _an_ before _genus_
--how commonly limits the sense
--belongs to sing. numb. only
--with adjective of numb.
--its effect upon proper and common nouns
--is without agreem.
--Whether _an_ is from _a_ or _a_ from _an_
--_An, a_, origin of
--of proportion
--with numerals
--by what definitives superseded
--implies unity; sometimes precedes collective noun conveying the idea
of plurality
--present usage of, how differs from that of ancient writers
--use of, before _humble_, and its compounds and derivatives
--erroneous use of, as relating to a plural
--not to be used for _the_, to denote emphat. a whole kind
_Analysis_, "to analyze a sentence," what
--_Analysis_ of sentences shown in five different methods; which method
BROWN calls "the best and most thorough"
--_Analysis_, notices of the different methods of
--importance of, in teaching grammar; the truest method of, _parsing_
_Anapest_, defined
_Anapestic verse_, treated
--what syll. of, has stress; first foot of, how may be varied
--what variation of, produces composite verse
--whether a surplus syll. in, may compensate for a deficient one
--what number of syllables in the longest measure of
--_Anapestic verse_ shown in its four measures
--_Anapestic_, measures, why few
--_poetry_, pieces in general short
--(instance of a long piece, L. HUNT'S "Feast of the Poets,")
_And_, discriminated from _or_
--when preferable to _with, or_, or _nor_
--whether emphatic of word or phrase following it ("_Part pays_, AND
_justly_;" &c., POPE,)
--derivation of, from Sax.
_Anglo-Saxon_ dialect, and accessions thereto, as forming the modern Eng.
lang.
_An other_, see _Other_
_Antecedent_, proper sense of the term
--sometimes placed after its pronoun
--sometimes doubly restricted
--of pron., applied figuratively
--sing., with the adj. _many_, and a plur. pron.
--suppressed
--_Antecedents_ of different persons, numbers, and genders,
disjunctively connected, how represe
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